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Find the median of:
 66,98,54,92,87,63,72

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Hint: The median is the middle most number in the given sequence of the numbers when arranged by the rank either in ascending or the descending order. It is denoted by “M”. When the given numbers are odd, median M=n+12 and when their given numbers are even, do sum of two middle terms and divide them by two.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Given,
 66,98,54,92,87,63,72
Here, given numbers of numbers in the sequence are 7
 n=7=odd
Now, median M=n+12
Place the value of “n” in the above equation –
 M=7+12M=82M=4
Given sequence: 66,98,54,92,87,63,72
Now, arrange the given sequence in ascending order and the fourth term in the sequence will be the Median.
Ascending order: 54,63,66,72,87,92,98
From the above sequence, fourth term is 72
Hence, the median M is 72
So, the correct answer is “72”.

Note: Remember the difference between mean and median. Mean is the sum of all the numbers upon the total number of the numbers. Mean is affected by the extreme values of the sequences while in the median extreme values do not affect the extreme values. The above sequence can be solved by arranging in the descending order.